Health Sciences Division

Use this guide to find research and other information related to health, medicine, wellness, and health professions. It is organized into sections based on information type and format and spans from finding introductory information on a topic to how to cite properly.

While the information in this guide is a great start, there is always more information out there. If you need help finding what you need, or just want to check in, don't forget to chat with a librarian in person or online using the Research Assistance boxes.

Use these to improve your database and catalog searching.

AND

• Searches for results with all words
• smoking AND cancer

OR

• Searches for results with either search word
• If combined with AND, words connected by OR need to be in parenthesis
• Great for synonyms and related concepts: (smoking OR tobacco) AND cancer

Quotations

• Combines multiple words into one search term
• Great for names: "Martin Luther King"